Jorunna pardus

Jorunna pardus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Jorunna pardus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Jorunna
Species:
J. pardus
Binomial name
Jorunna pardus
Behrens & Henderson, 1981[1]

Distribution

This species was described from California. It is found from southern California to Sacramento Reef, Baja California. It lives on or under rocks in the intertidal and subtidal, from 5 to 18 m depth.[3]

Description

This species is similar in colouration to Jorunna parva from Japan, but a much bigger animal when fully grown. It reaches at least 50 mm in length.[3] Its gills and rhinophores are brown instead of pale with brown edges.[4]

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References
  1. Behrens, D. & Henderson, R., 1981. Two new cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs from California. Veliger, 24: 120–128.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-11
  3. Camacho-García Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2008). Systematic revision of Jorunna Bergh, 1876 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with a morphological phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 143-181
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (September 10) Jorunna pardus Behrens & Henderson, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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